Attachment for truss-pads.



H. C. TINDAEL.

ATTACHMENT FOR TRUSS PADS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20. 914.

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nnrrnn snares HARRY C. TINDALL, OF MACON, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK CUSHMAN TINDALL, 0F MACON, GEORGIA.

Application filed April 20, 1914.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. TINDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Attachments for Truss- Pads; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to trusses for the treatment of hernia or rupture, and more particularly to truss pads, and the object is to provide an improved pad to be worn under the hard rubber or metal ball or truss pad, so as to afiord a soft, broad, yet firm pressure, which prevents chafing and relieves inflammation, and at the same time is comf rtable and free from pain.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claim at the end of the description.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a truss pad embodying my invention illustrating its application to a truss.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pad, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the pad and illustrating in dotted lines an ordinary truss pad and support to which my improved pad is applied.

In the drawings my improved pad is shown applied to an ordinary truss pad 1 of hard rubber and consists of a base portion a, preferably of white felt, having a raised central portion, together with an overlying portion a preferably of red felt, with an open center (4 adapted to fit over the raised central portion of the base pad a, and an interposed sheet 5 of soft and pliable material, such as Chamois, entirely covering the top of the base pad and the bottom of the cavity formed in the overlying portion a of said body. The opening through the overlying portion a is preferably oblong or oval in forin, to provide a cavity of the desired shape and size to receive the ordinary truss ball or pad 1, which fits therein and is adapted to rest upon the raised central portion of the base pad, whereupon said raised portion will give slightly under the strain and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1?, 191?.

Serial no. 833,118.

the web or sheet 7) will also give, and not tear loose from the top portion because the web is wider and longer than the greatest cross section of the pad. The form and size of the opening a and of the parts of which the pad is composed may be varied as desired to suit different requirements in practical use or the demands of the trade, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and while the main body portion is preferably composed of felt, as a more desirable material, with chamois be tween the base and overlying portions of white and red felt, other suitable material may be employed.

The sheet 3), of chamois, may be of the same length and width as the base portion a, and may be glued thereto and to the overlying portion a so as to firmly and permanently unite and secure the several parts together, the whole being a soft and pliable, practically integral structure.

I thus provide a truss pad designed and adapted to be worn under the usual hard rubber or metal truss ball to overcome the objectionable features of the latter, which is liable to stretch or press open the aperture of the rupture, keeping the parts irritated and preventing them from healing, whereas my improved pad affords a soft, broad, yet firm pressure which prevents chafing and relieves inflammation, and yet applies a pressure which is absolutely comfortable and free from all pain. Moreover, there is no liability of the truss slipping out of place, nor any possibility of any protrusion around the edges, as often occurs with the ordinary truss ball, and the result obtained is rapid healing due to the fact that the pad does not produce irritation and does not tend to separate the walls or edges of the rupture as with the ordinary truss ball, nit allows the walls or edges to remain in comfortable contact so that it will soon heal and close up entirely.

In use the ordinary truss ball is placed in the opening through the red felt and the white felt lies between the truss ball and the body. The buckskin or chamois between the white and the red felt prevents wearing the white felt by friction. By placing it under the ball or pad on any truss, it being soft and firm, prevents the truss from hurting when it presses upon the intestines when they are between the truss and the pubic bone, making the truss absolutely comfortable instead of being a torture. It is soft, cool and comfortable; holds rupture in place at all times, thereby allowing it to close up. My pad being broader than the ball (or pad) on the truss, and lying flat over the rupture prevents the rupture from slipping out around the edges of the truss ball (or pad) which is shaped like half an egg with the point pressing down into the rupture. By preventing the rupture from protruding, the rupture is never inflamed and closes up very rapidly.

The pad as a whole is a composite structure consisting of two small pads of felt, or like material, and an intermediate web or layer of soft leather, preferably chamois, one of said small pads having an opening therethrough to provide a recess or cavity to receive the ordinary hard rubber or metal truss pad with which the composite pad is designed to be used, and the three or more thicknesses of felt and interposed web may be secured together by means of cement or glue applled along the margins thereof. The words cement or cementing, as

used in the appended claim, will be understood to include either glue or cement or equivalent means.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

An attachmei'it for truss pads comprising a base portion of soft material having a central 'aised part, a second superposed portion of soft material having a central opening within which said raised part of the base portion projects, and an interposed reinforcing web portion of leather or chamois overlying said base portion; said reinforcing web coverin said base portion for its full length and width and lining the bottom of the opening formed in said superposed portion. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY C. TINDALL.

Witnesses L. D. Moore, HUGH CHAMBERS.

Oopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

